National Numeracy

The Family Maths Toolkit contains scrapbooks and activities which are designed to help schools engage parents and families with their children's maths learning.

The weekly activities, best suited for reception and years 1-6, allow families and children to explore everyday maths problems together and are designed to help children make a connection between what they are learning at school with situations in everyday life.

Studies have shown that parental engagement is essential in supporting children’s numeracy. This is precisely where the Family Maths Toolkit can help, providing activities where parents and kids work together to develop maths-based conversations, which boosts mathematical reasoning and problem solving.

Our Family Maths Toolkit activities involve fun and creative maths to make it relevant for children, and get the whole family involved too. This helps to provide the solid foundations that children require in order to succeed in the future.

The Family Maths Toolkit website also has free advice for parents and schools about getting children involved in maths.

ADDITIONAL PRICING INFO:

£49.99 + VAT per activity pack for each year group

£59.99 for 30 scrapbooks

(Bulk discounts available)

Impact

IMPACT: During a research project using the Family Maths Toolkit, we found:

- 81% of teachers indicated that the approach broke down barriers to parental engagement

- 73% of parents and carers said that they felt more able to support their child with maths

- “It’s been a lot of fun. We have done loads of cooking and it’s made me try and find maths in everything.”
Family Maths Scrapbook Parent

- “It has given the parents/carers that took part an insight into the workings of the department and empowered them to help their own children with their maths”
Member of Staff in a Family Maths Scrapbook School

- Engaging parents and carers with their child's education lead to raised attainment, improved behaviour and school attendance.

Parental support is absolutely vital in achieving success; 88% of children say their maths confidence improves when parents become more involved in their learning. The Family Maths Scrapbooks and Activities is one of the few resources which specifically aims at achieving this goal.

BENEFITS: Engagement with their parents about maths, which will help them to develop good attitudes and learn better in the future.